Combining philosophy, science, and literature, Toliver examines lingering misconceptions of world history as a continuing source of international tension, showing beliefs incompatible with natural history continue to intensify nationalism and support terrorist movements.
Shadows of Being
This book studies shadows as symbolic forms, connecting their meaning in philosophy and art with their role in modern science. It considers topics from Ancient Greece to contemporary virtual reality and the internet as our parallel “shadow world.”
Essays on Gianni Vattimo
This monograph, focused on the interrelated themes of religion, ethics and the history of ideas, offers a critically constructive approach to defending Gianni Vattimo against some of his more strident critics, but nevertheless poses some questions of its own.
Conflict and Harmony in Comparative Philosophy
In this collection of essays, comparative philosophers explore cross-cultural approaches to conflict and harmony. Spanning Indian, Chinese, Greek, and contemporary philosophy, these papers represent the cutting edge of comparative work.
From Truth and truth
Examining the answers of reason and faith to the question “What is man?”, these essays explore the incomparable depth of dialogue. Given the critical situations in the world, humanity must choose the wealth of dialogue over a polarized, conflictual existence.
From Truth and truth
Francis Etheredge investigates the interrelationship between reason and sense through a philosophical exploration of “being”, noting that “sense” is subtly sensitive through reason.
This title discusses the relevance of the work of Hegel and Marx in today’s world, providing the historical context necessary to understand the relation between them, and putting their relevance for the contemporary reader into perspective.
Maimonides on God and Duns Scotus on Logic and Metaphysics (Volume 12
Moses Maimonides and John Duns Scotus are key figures who bookend a major thirteenth-century philosophical tradition. This volume explores Maimonides’s work on God and creation alongside the revolutionary logic and metaphysics developed by Scotus.
Communication Shock
As we become more networked, we must confront the social impact of new technologies. Communication Shock explores these changes and challenges readers to find a balance, maintain individual autonomy, and make informed choices for the life one wishes to live.
Cliché and Organization
Peters adopts a unique viewpoint on organizations, through his use of film. Juxtaposing philosophers like Deleuze and Heidegger and filmmakers like the Coen Brothers and Cronenberg, he shows why managers in organizations are manipulative and impotent at the same time.
Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research
Science, mysticism, and psychical research are thought to be irreconcilable. This book reveals the revolutionary synthesis of mathematician Michael Whiteman, who fused modern physics with ancient mystical texts, informed by a lifetime of psychic experience.
Dualism, Platonism and Voluntarism
This conference proceedings brings together a host of contemporary thinkers, from Stuart Kauffmann and Ed Vul, on the cognitive side, to Stuart Kauffmann and Henry Stapp. The papers presented here make for a wide-ranging and incisive debate.
In the first collection devoted to Deleuze and Asia, Asian and Western scholars explore Deleuzian concepts in philosophy, religion, film, art, and literature, mapping new directions in East-West research that reveal new dimensions of Deleuze’s thought.
A collection of essays by international scholars on pluralism and other key concepts for understanding our complex contemporary world. These contributions provide a philosophical analysis of the challenges confronting modern society, politics, and culture.
Aesthetics of Everyday Life
This book reconstructs the aesthetics of everyday life through cultural dialogue between the West and the East. It highlights the interaction between scholars to build a new form of aesthetics from a global perspective, bringing aesthetics to a wider sphere of human life.
These essays advance the philosophical understanding of causation, agency, and moral responsibility. The volume investigates important questions: Can causation be perceived? Is a causal relation a necessary condition for moral responsibility?
Psychoanalysis
Resulting from a conference on “Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society” held in 2014, this volume offers insights into emerging psychoanalytic thought. The contributions utilise various psychoanalytic concepts to discuss a range of problems in philosophy, art and the clinic.
This collection addresses the multi-dimensionality of modern moral philosophy. It analyzes agency through historical figures and contemporary issues like oppression and debt, exploring moral reasoning, emotion, responsibility, and what constitutes a moral agent.
From Truth and truth
This book explores the complementarity between the literal and spiritual sense of what exists. Through essays on bioethics and the nature of man and woman, it reveals an incredible coherence of meaning, showing how Revelation comes to meet the trembling outreaches of reason.
Given the strong connection between Leibniz’s thought and contemporary hermeneutics and its authors, this work explores the philosophical connection of the hermeneutical approach with Leibniz’s concepts.